Martial Soul

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Martial Soul
Alias(es)	武魂
Type	Spiritual manifestation used by soul masters
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Chapter	User	Martial Soul Advancement
1	Qian Xunji	His Six-Winged Angel evolved into the Twelve-Winged Original Sin Fallen Angel through a God-Level Martial Soul Mutation Card. 1
3–4	Qian Xunji	He received and absorbed an adaptive God-Given Soul Ring perfectly suited to the Fallen Angel, which became a 200,000-year ninth ring. 3 4
24	Qian Xunji	His first through fourth soul rings were upgraded to 100,000-year status, granting eight additional ring skills that were smelted into four Original Sin soul skills. 24
67	Zhu Yan	She reached level 35 as a twelve-year-old Soul Elder and possessed her first three Hell Spirit Cat soul skills. 67
101	Yu Xiaogang	Luo Sanpao evolved from a round purple pig-like form into a scaled, clawed creature approaching true dragon lineage after absorbing dragon-type rings and a 50,000-year Bone Dragon torso bone. 101
122	Qian Renhan	He awakened the Holy Ember Cherub, a fusion of a Cherub martial soul and the Sacred Fire Heart Body Martial Soul. 122
126–128	Qian Renhan	His Sacred Fire Heart condensed a purple first Holy Ring of more than one thousand years; after obtaining three rings, he reached level 37. 126 128
127	Qian Renhan	Upon absorbing his third, ten-thousand-year ring, he gained Blazing Wing Shield; his martial soul also condensed a Holy Ring that boosts his light and fire attributes and doubles his physical attributes for one hour. 127
141	Zhu Yan	She broke through level 70 and entered the Soul Sage realm, qualifying for her canonization as Martial Soul Hall's Holy Maiden. 141
203	Dugu Bo	His Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor after he absorbed the Nether Sky Poison Python's spirit ring and broke through level 91. 203
205–206	Qian Renling	She awakened with innate level twenty soul power and manifested the Mysterious Ice Body as her second martial soul. 205 206
207–208	Tang San	He awakened Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls: the Man Faced Demon Spider and the Clear Sky Hammer. 207 208
217	Tang San	He absorbed a Purple Spotted Demon Spider ring and gained his first soul skill, Spider Web Bind, advancing to level 13. 217
255	Yu Xiaogang	He obtained his eighth soul skill, Sanpao Tyrant Transformation, which comprehensively enhances Luo Sanpao and releases a dragon-might roar capable of stunning equal-ranked opponents. 255
310	Tang San	He absorbed Oscar's Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, gaining the Eight Spider Lances. 310
312	Tang San and Ning Chengjiu	Their compatible spider-type martial souls produced the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Myriad-Faced Spider Soul Prison. 312
359	Tang San and Ning Chengjiu	The Valley of Love forcibly bound their martial souls, confirming one-hundred-percent compatibility between their Twin Martial Souls and granting them four Martial Soul Fusion Skills. 359
377	Qian Renling	She received a Special Spirit Ring and was prepared to form a Soul Spirit contract with the captured 100,000-year Ice Demon Gale Luan, allowing its energy to be absorbed gradually and safely. 377
377	Yu Xiaozhu	Her Light Saint Dragon bloodline fused a Mirror Image Beast Spirit Ring, White Dragon Dragon Core, and holy Spirit Bone into an unhatched dragon Soul Spirit; the resulting ring advanced to the ten-thousand-year level. 377
380	Tang San	He absorbed ten-thousand-year rings for both martial souls, rising from level 40 to level 45 and gaining Myriad Silk Snake Formation for the Man Faced Demon Spider and Armor-Breaking Hammer for the Clear Sky Hammer. 380
381	Qian Renling	Her Ice Luan Soul Spirit manifested two skills, Luan Soul and Ice Demon Essence Devour; she also demonstrated the Ice Demon Snowstorm Wings External Soul Bone. 381
381	Oscar	He used a Special Spirit Ring to convert the 20,000-year Mirror Image Beast into a contracted Soul Spirit, producing a stabilized black Spirit Ring and a silver-white Mirror Image Beast companion. 381

Awakening and Cultivation

• Martial Souls are awakened through an awakening ceremony, where an individual's innate soul power can also be assessed. Zhu Yan awakened the Hell Spirit Cat and was measured at innate soul power level nine. 40
• A martial soul's form and attributes shape the user's cultivation route, compatible soul rings, and resulting soul skills. The General Theory of Martial Souls advises matching a tool-type Sickle martial soul with suitable plant or strength-type soul beasts rather than arbitrarily selecting rings. 31
• Cultivation is constrained by the soul-ring system; Qian Renling's Mysterious Heaven Skill reached a barrier until she could obtain spirit rings. 205
• Soul rings grant soul skills. Rings above one hundred thousand years provide two skills, as shown by Qian Xunji's 200,000-year adaptive ring. 4
• Adaptive soul rings manifest abilities suited to the recipient's martial soul and limits without increasing absorption difficulty solely because the resulting skill is powerful. 67
• Martial souls can evolve or mutate. Qian Xunji's Six-Winged Angel evolved into the Twelve-Winged Original Sin Fallen Angel, shifting its affinity toward darkness, destruction, and devouring. 1 3
• Martial Soul Avatars manifest the martial soul's full combat form. Qian Xunji's Avatar displayed twelve wings and nine soul rings during his confrontation with the Snow Empress. 20
• Qian Renhan's Holy Ember Cherub is a fusion-type martial soul. Its Sacred Fire Heart functions as an organ-based Body Martial Soul and cannot absorb ordinary external soul-beast rings; instead, it condenses compatible Holy Rings as the Cherub grows. 122
• Qian Renling awakened innate level twenty soul power and a second martial soul, the Mysterious Ice Body, whose cold is contained within her bones and flesh rather than used solely for ranged ice attacks. 205 206 243
• Tang San awakened Innate Full Soul Power alongside the Man Faced Demon Spider and the Clear Sky Hammer, making him another confirmed Twin Martial Soul user. 207 208
• Martial Soul Fusion Skills can arise between compatible martial souls. Tang San's Man Faced Demon Spider and Ning Chengjiu's Soul-Eater Spider Emperor formed the Myriad-Faced Spider Soul Prison. 310 312
• The Valley of Love later imposed a perfect martial-soul bond upon Tang San and Ning Chengjiu. Their two sets of Twin Martial Souls gained four fusion skills, extending beyond their original spider-type fusion. 359
• Soul Spirits are an evolved form of the soul-ring system. They preserve part of a soul beast's soul and consciousness, cultivate alongside their master, may manifest outside the body to fight, and can provide multiple rings as they develop. 377
• Special Spirit Rings can convert the soul of a slain soul beast into a Soul Spirit while bypassing ordinary spirit-ring age restrictions. 359
• Soul Spirit creation can be forcibly controlled: Qian Xunji erased the Mirror Image Beast's original consciousness before binding its remaining beast-soul origin to Oscar's Colorless Soul Ring. 381

Classification

Type	Characteristics	Documented Examples
Beast Martial Soul	Manifests as an animal or beast-like entity; may carry bloodline pressure or specialized attributes.	Death Spider Emperor, Soul-Eater Spider Emperor, Hell Spirit Cat, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon 5 7 40
Tool Martial Soul	Manifests as an implement and requires compatible soul-ring choices to develop effectively.	Sickle, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda 31 110
Food-Type Martial Soul	A specialized tool-type martial soul that produces consumable support effects; its user need not remain limited to a noncombat role.	Oscar's Sausage martial soul 257 310
Body Martial Soul	Manifests through the user's body rather than as a conventional tool or beast. Such users may be misidentified as having no martial soul despite possessing innate soul power.	Lei Meng's transformed fists; Qian Renling's Mysterious Ice Body 30 31 205
Fused Body Martial Soul	A Body Martial Soul may fuse with another martial soul rather than manifest independently; an organ can serve as the body-soul component and provide unique ring progression.	Qian Renhan's Sacred Fire Heart and Holy Ember Cherub 122
Twin Martial Souls	A rare condition in which one individual possesses two martial souls.	Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor and Soul-Eater Spider Emperor; Qian Renling's second Mysterious Ice Body martial soul; Tang San's Man Faced Demon Spider and Clear Sky Hammer; Ning Chengjiu's Soul-Eater Spider Emperor and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda 5 7 205 208 359
Soul Spirit	An evolved soul-ring entity formed from a soul beast's retained soul. It can coexist with, cultivate alongside, and assist its contracted soul master.	Qian Renling's Ice Luan, Yu Xiaozhu's dragon Soul Spirit, Oscar's Mirror Image Beast 377 381

Martial Soul Evolution and Mutation

• Twelve-Winged Original Sin Fallen Angel — Qian Xunji's evolved martial soul, created from the Six-Winged Angel through a God-Level Martial Soul Mutation Card. Its manifestation is associated with twelve dark-gold and black wings, extreme darkness, sin, judgment, destruction, and devouring. 1 2 3 16
• The Fallen Angel's natural pressure can suppress other martial souls even without deliberately releasing soul power. Ning Fengzhi nearly collapsed under it, while Yu Yuanzhen sensed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon trembling under superior bloodline suppression. 10 11
• Light Disguise — The Fallen Angel possesses a second form that changes its black wings and corruptive presentation into a holy, light-attributed appearance. 16 20
• Luo Sanpao's evolution — Yu Xiaogang's martial soul is described as showing signs of evolution; Qian Xunji advises him to obtain pure-blooded dragon-type rings to further nourish it. 114
• Luo Sanpao later developed pale-purple scales, powerful limbs, and claws after accumulated dragon-type soul rings and a Bone Dragon torso bone nourished its dragon bloodline. 101
• Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor — Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved after he absorbed the Nether Sky Poison Python's spirit ring. The martial soul shed its old skin, enlarged, and developed deeper purple-green scales. 203
• Seven Treasure Blood Fiend Pagoda — A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was forcibly corrupted into a blood-fueled mutation that weakens opponents by draining their attributes. Its skills require blood as a catalyst and risk blood loss and madness for the user. 291
• Holy Ember Cherub — Qian Renhan's martial soul is an atypical fusion of a Cherub manifestation and the Sacred Fire Heart Body Martial Soul, granting control over holy flame while continuously augmenting his qi, blood, and physical strength. 122
• Perfect Twin Martial Soul bond — Tang San and Ning Chengjiu's martial souls were forcibly bound by the Valley of Love, giving their two Twin Martial Soul sets one-hundred-percent compatibility and four distinct Martial Soul Fusion Skills. 359

Soul Spirits

• Ice Luan Soul Spirit — Qian Renling's ice-avian Soul Spirit originated from the captured 100,000-year Ice Demon Gale Luan. It complements the Mysterious Ice Body through freezing marks, cold-energy absorption, and mobile aerial combat. 377 381
• Yu Xiaozhu's dragon Soul Spirit — Yu Xiaozhu's Light Saint Dragon bloodline transformed a White Dragon Dragon Core, Spirit Ring, and holy Spirit Bone into a dragon Soul Spirit. Its remaining energy formed a snow-white dragon egg marked in gold, which hatched within her body after their contract. 377 381
• Mirror Image Beast Soul Spirit — Oscar's Soul Spirit is a small silver-white, scaled Mirror Image Beast formed from a 20,000-year beast. It recognizes Oscar as its master and will cultivate and learn combat cooperation alongside him. 381
• Soul Spirits retain a companion-like role distinct from ordinary rings, but their formation may involve the suppression or destruction of the original soul beast consciousness. 377 381

Documented Martial Souls

Martial Soul	User	Type	Noted Traits
Twelve-Winged Original Sin Fallen Angel	Qian Xunji	Evolved angel martial soul	Darkness, destruction, devouring, judgment, and a Light Disguise form. 1 3 16
Death Spider Emperor	Bibi Dong	Beast martial soul	One of Bibi Dong's twin top-tier beast martial souls. 5 7
Soul-Eater Spider Emperor	Bibi Dong; Ning Chengjiu	Beast martial soul	Bibi Dong's second Spider Emperor martial soul is characterized as evil and poisonous; Ning Chengjiu's Soul-Eater Spider Emperor is compatible enough with Tang San's Man Faced Demon Spider to produce a fusion skill. 5 8 310
Hell Spirit Cat	Zhu Yan	Beast martial soul	A dark-purple spirit-cat manifestation with a murderous aura; Zhu Yan's first skill, Shadow Escape, allows concealment and travel through shadows within thirty meters. 40 42
Body Martial Soul	Lei Meng	Body martial soul	Manifests through enlarged fists covered in dark-golden, rock-like keratin and grants formidable physical power. 31
Mysterious Ice Body	Qian Renling	Body martial soul	Covers her entire body, enhances physical ability and destructive power, grants poison immunity, and contains extreme cold within her body. 205 243
Holy Ember Cherub	Qian Renhan	Fused Cherub and Body martial soul	Contains the Sacred Fire Heart, grants holy-flame control and powerful physical enhancement, and develops through self-condensed Holy Rings. 122 127
Man Faced Demon Spider	Tang San	Beast martial soul	A top-tier, evil martial soul with slaughter attributes, Innate Full Soul Power, poisonous spider-web abilities, compatibility with the Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone, and the Myriad Silk Snake Formation. 207 217 310 380
Clear Sky Hammer	Tang San	Tool martial soul	Tang San's concealed second martial soul, inherited alongside the Man Faced Demon Spider; its first known ring skill is Armor-Breaking Hammer. 208 380
Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor	Dugu Bo	Evolved beast martial soul	The evolved form of Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent; it possesses a larger body and deep purple-green toxic scales. 203
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon	Yu Yuanzhen	Beast martial soul	Regarded as the world's number one beast martial soul. 118
Luo Sanpao	Yu Xiaogang	Mutating martial soul	Its evolution is tied to the absorption of dragon-type soul rings and soul bones; it later developed a more dragon-like, scaled form. 101 114 118
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda	Ning Fengzhi; Ning Chengjiu	Tool martial soul	Its inherent flaw prevents Ning Fengzhi from advancing beyond level seventy-nine; Ning Fengzhi later forcibly suppressed abnormalities caused by a martial soul mutation. Ning Chengjiu possesses it as his second martial soul. 110 318 321 359
Seven Treasure Blood Fiend Pagoda	Unnamed Seven Treasures Team member	Corrupted tool martial soul	A blood-fueled mutation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda that drains and weakens enemy attributes rather than supporting allies. 291
Golden Crocodile King	Tian Ling	Beast martial soul	Tian Ling's martial soul, wielded with Soul Ancestor-level combat power during the tournament period. 301
Sausage	Oscar	Food-type martial soul	A support-oriented martial soul whose conventional role does not prevent Oscar from pursuing direct combat through Soul Tools and a Soul Spirit. 257 310 381
Light Saint Dragon	Yu Xiaozhu	Beast martial soul	A dragon martial soul with a bloodline capable of resonating with a White Dragon Dragon Core and forming a dragon Soul Spirit. 377

Notable Soul Skills Derived from Martial Souls

Original Sin Domain: Gluttony Abyss

A wide-range domain generated by Qian Xunji's Fallen Angel martial soul and 200,000-year ninth soul ring. 4

• Doubles hostile targets' soul-power consumption within the domain.
• Devours enemy soul power, vitality, and energy attacks.
• Converts consumed energy into source energy that replenishes Qian Xunji. 4

Fallen Angel: Doomsday Judgment

A single-target judgment technique from Qian Xunji's ninth ring. 4

• Condenses darkness and Fallen Angel judgment into a spear.
• Ignores physical defenses and soul-power shields.
• Its outcome depends on the combatants' total soul power and mental judgment rather than conventional defense. 4

Envy: Void Leap

Qian Xunji's first Original Sin soul skill, created after the upgrading and smelting of his first four soul rings. 24

• Ignores spatial blockades and imprisonment below god level.
• Lets Qian Xunji instantly leap to a visible location or one covered by his spiritual power.
• Inflicts Spatial Tear damage on enemies within ten meters of the destination. 24

Sloth: Wall of Sighs

Qian Xunji's second Original Sin soul skill. 24

• Creates a barrier of absolute fallen power.
• Reduces the power of incoming energy attacks, physical attacks, and spiritual shocks by 70%.
• Imbues affected attacks with the Sloth attribute, slowing them down. 24

Pride: Original Sin Demon Sword

Qian Xunji's third Original Sin soul skill. 24

• Summons a dark-gold inverted-cross greatsword from the void.
• Grants Qian Xunji's attacks Armor Pierce and True Soul Damage while wielded.
• Can be solidified into a divine artifact after he attains godhood. 24

Wrath: World-Extinguishing Light

Qian Xunji's fourth Original Sin soul skill. 24

• Condenses his extreme darkness and judgment power into a beam fired through his eyes.
• Is described as unavoidable and unblockable.
• Can instantly pierce defensive barriers of the same level. 24

Shadow Escape

Zhu Yan's first soul skill, derived from her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul. 42

• Lets her enter an existing shadow and conceal her aura.
• Allows travel between shadows within a thirty-meter radius.
• Is difficult for Soul Ancestors or weaker opponents to detect unless they specialize in spiritual power. 42

Shadow Strangling

Zhu Yan's second soul skill. 67

• Materializes an enemy's shadow into chains.
• Binds and strangles the target. 67

Nether Instant Shadow Kill

Zhu Yan's third soul skill. 67

• Creates multiple shadow clones capable of physical attacks.
• Allows Zhu Yan to teleport seamlessly between those clones for sudden critical strikes. 67

Blazing Wing Shield

Qian Renhan's third soul skill, obtained from a ten-thousand-year ring. 127

• Produces a defensive shield formed through the Holy Ember Cherub.
• Provides near-invulnerability against attacks from opponents of lower realms. 127

Holy Ring

A special ring condensed by Qian Renhan's Holy Ember Cherub rather than absorbed from a soul beast. 122 127

• Enhances Qian Renhan's light and fire attributes.
• Doubles all his physical attributes for one hour. 127

Spider Web Bind

Tang San's first soul skill, acquired from a Purple Spotted Demon Spider. 217

• Creates a highly toxic and corrosive spider web.
• The web can rapidly wither an ancient tree through its poison and corrosive properties. 217

Myriad Silk Snake Formation

Tang San's fourth soul skill of the Man Faced Demon Spider. 380

• Produces numerous tough spider threads.
• Forms controllable venomous silk snakes for offensive and restraining applications. 380

Armor-Breaking Hammer

Tang San's first known Clear Sky Hammer soul skill. 380

• Doubles Tang San's physical strength while active.
• Grants the hammer an armor-piercing property designed to break defensive soul skills. 380

Sanpao Tyrant Transformation

Yu Xiaogang's eighth soul skill, which augments Luo Sanpao's evolved dragon-like form. 255

• Drastically raises Luo Sanpao's strength, speed, and defense while enhancing Yu Xiaogang as well.
• Produces a Tyrant Dragon head phantom that releases dragon might in all directions.
• Can mentally stun equal-ranked opponents for up to two seconds. 255

Jade Phosphorous Heaven-Breaking

Dugu Bo's ninth soul skill, acquired alongside the evolution of his Jade Phosphorous Serpent. 203

• Summons the destructive phantom of the Nether Sky Poison Python.
• Releases deadly poison across an area of roughly one thousand meters when the phantom breaks apart.
• Can kill ordinary Soul Sages and melt their bodies. 203

Myriad-Faced Spider Soul Prison

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill formed by Tang San and Ning Chengjiu's spider-type martial souls. 312

• Manifests as a giant spider and web carrying human faces.
• Its Myriad-Faced Trace marks enemies who touch or attack the web with a Man-Faced Spider Mark.
• Allows the web domain to sense marked targets continuously and forcibly slows their soul-power circulation. 312

Binding Amid Splendor—Seven Treasures Silkspider Pagoda

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill formed from Tang San's Man Faced Demon Spider and Ning Chengjiu's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. 359

• Creates an immensely powerful binding spider.
• Represents the fusion of Tang San's spider martial soul with Ning Chengjiu's pagoda martial soul. 359

Violence Amid Brilliance—Seven Treasures Heaven-Shaking Hammer

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill formed from Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and Ning Chengjiu's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. 359

• Delivers a hammer attack enhanced through seven stages.
• Combines the Clear Sky Hammer's destructive force with the pagoda's amplification qualities. 359

Lost Souls Amid Tremors—Clear Sky Soul Spider

A Martial Soul Fusion Skill formed from Ning Chengjiu's Soul-Eater Spider Emperor and Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer. 359

• Manifests as a spider-legged hammer.
• Repeatedly strikes targets while simultaneously assailing their souls. 359

Ice Element Control

Qian Renling's second soul skill, selected to complement the Mysterious Ice Body and her hidden-weapon fighting style. 246

• Grants control over ice elements.
• Supports her long-range restraint and hidden-weapon techniques rather than limiting her to close-quarters Body Martial Soul combat. 246

Luan Soul

Qian Renling's first Soul Spirit skill from the Ice Luan. 381

• Applies an ice mark to struck bodies, weapons, barriers, or soul skills.
• Continuously spreads cold through the marked target and deepens when the same area is struck repeatedly.
• Can freeze muscles and meridians, disrupt soul-power circulation, and gradually erode defensive barriers. 381

Ice Demon Essence Devour

Qian Renling's second Ice Luan Soul Spirit skill. 381

• Absorbs frozen soul power from areas affected by Luan Soul.
• Replenishes Qian Renling's energy and strengthens her later attacks.
• Makes prolonged battles progressively more dangerous for marked enemies. 381

Ice Demon Snowstorm Wings

Qian Renling's External Soul Bone, which provides aerial mobility and ranged support for her Ice Luan abilities. 381

• Grants flight and the Snow Skim movement technique, which uses compressed and explosively released airflow for dashes and sharp turns.
• Allows Qian Renling to launch and control ice feathers through Returning Feathers.
• Lets her apply Luan Soul to the feathers for additional ranged attacks. 381

Trivia

• The General Theory of Martial Souls: From Beginner to Titled Douluo was distributed for three copper soul coins and included martial-soul guidance, soul-beast information, and a map of common soul beasts and their weaknesses. 31
• Before Martial Soul Hall's recruitment initiative, people with innate soul power but no visible martial soul were widely treated as defective or worthless; Qian Xunji identified many of them as Body Martial Soul users. 30 31
• Martial Soul Hall gathered more than two hundred previously disregarded Body Martial Soul users through its recruitment edict and incorporated them into the Pope Hall's Divine Body Battalion. 31 32
• The publication of the General Theory of Martial Souls gave low-level civilian soul masters accessible ring-matching and soul-beast knowledge, causing Martial Soul Hall's recruitment of low-level geniuses and core talents to rise by twenty percent within a month. 31
• Oscar publicly rejected the belief that a food-type martial soul determined his destiny while enduring the dangerous absorption of a Man Faced Demon Spider ring. 257
• Tang San intends to reserve the remaining Clear Sky Hammer ring slots for future hundred-thousand-year rings despite beginning its cultivation early due to immediate pressure. 361